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Word: impressionable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Four-hundred-twenty pounds from the town of Portsmouth, New Hampshire "for the advancement of good literature" at Harvard, would not make a very large impression now, but if it had not been for such a gift in 1669, there might have been no Harvard to impress now.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Portsmouth's Gift Saved University From Certain Financial Ruin in 1669 | 3/23/1937 | See Source »

A further impression created by your article is that hotel accommodation in London is virtually unobtainable, and that conditions are chaotic. Here again I beg to correct you, as my company has a good supply of medium-class space available at prices not ridiculously high.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 22, 1937 | 3/22/1937 | See Source »

The impression that I wish to correct is that the American of fairly modest means desiring to view the Coronation must first possess himself of a king's ransom, and then be satisfied to sleep on a billiard table, and I am sure that you will be willing to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 22, 1937 | 3/22/1937 | See Source »

Beyond that all he knew was that one morning he packed his kit in Ethiopia under the impression that he was to be sent back to Italy, found himself a few weeks later disembarking from an Italian transport at Cadiz, officially a member of Spain's Foreign Legion. Last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Unfortunate Manure | 3/22/1937 | See Source »

A brilliant display of red, white, and blue lettering makes the jacket of Mary Borden's latest novel very attractive. Hidden away in this jacket is a book called "Action For Slander." Supposed to create an impression on sensation-seekers, this is a story of the hard-drinking, pleasure-loving...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Bookshelf | 3/22/1937 | See Source »

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